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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-10-31, Page 1With Which is Amalgamated The i orrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. Mingle Copies, Five Cents. WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 3lst, 1929 Subscriptions $zoo per year, .LOCAL AND . PERSONAL Miss Lillian Baker spent the week- end with her sister, Mrs, William Fin - :ley. Miss Marr Ward 'of Wtngban: 'spent last week ather home in Luck - :may; Quality" speaks in our Women's -5.00 and $6.00 shoes. Greer's Shoe :Store, Get your tickets for "The Tight - "wad," in the Town Hall, Friday ev- ening" Rubbers! Rubbers!! All Styles, and "sizes, 60c to $L00, at Greer's Shoe Store. r.lbe FOX rt attended A ton the Dairy : Convention held in Toronto !last week/ Look out for our Tea and Sugar .offer, also the Sliced Bacon specials.. :Dominion Stores, Ltd, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Baker and Tamils spent Sunday with Mrs Ed - 'ward. Jenkins, Wingharn. Mr, and Mrs. S. M. Hare and fam- ily, of Parkhill, spent the week -end -with: her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John :Baby. No man, who buys shoes here will ever wear poor shoes. Fall Styles .are ready, $4.00 to $7.00. ' .Greer's :Shoe Store. See our windows for Thanksgiving Specials. Commencing November 4,. .ending Saturday, :November 9th. - Do- minion Stores. Ltd. Mrs. William Finley and son, Ray- mond have returned from Toronto;: .after spending a week with ;her friend -Mrs. Orville Williams. We have -received our fresh stock ..of Peels, Almonds, Walnuts, Cher ries, Raisins, etc., at popular prices. :Dominion Stores Ltd. Rev. Gordon Rintoul of Forest, has accepted a call to Knox Church, 'Sud- bury, leaving for his new charge on Wednesday of this week. See our Price Display Board for .^other Specials for . Thanksgiving. Read Specials for one week, Novem- ber 5th to 9th. Dominion Stores, 'Ltd. "The Tightwad," a three -act com- .edy, will be presented by Goderich 'talent in the Town Hall, Friday ev- ening, November :1st. Don't fail to see it. The marriage is announced in Tor- -onto on September 28th, of Miss. Alice Beckwith, daughter •of : Mrs. •Beckwith of town, to Mr. Henry. 'Campbell of Toronto. Mr, George Gibson, late of Winni- peg, has taken charge of the apple - :butter department of the Gibson Saw- mill and Lumber Company, Wrox- eter, and is being given a royal wel- come by the citizens of that place. He is a practical man, who under- stands the business, and is giving ex- •cellent satisfaction. Howard Black and Martin McAr- thur, two Morris Township youths, got a few drinks of hard ligtior the 'other day, and in their fun paid a 'visit to a farmer's home, where they sent the woman of the house into -hysterics, and she had to be sent to ;the hospital. The young men ap- •-peared before Magistrate Reid on Saturday morning ' and were remand- ed a week on bad, Try our Head Lettuce and Celery. Always Fresh, also Grape Fruit, Or- tinges, Lemons, Grapes, etc. Domin- ion Stores,. Ltd Rev. David Berrie,D"D., Modera- tor of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, left Wednesday on an offic- ial visit to the Synods of Manitoba and Sasktchewan. He expects . to :preach in Saskatoon, Brandon and Winnipeg, and conduct the opening -services in the new church at Re- gina. He was accompanied by his son, Rev. D. K. Perrie, of North Bat- tleford, and hopes to occupy the pul- pit there before his return early in !December. At Special Prices, Picnic Hams and :Side Bacon in the piece. See our advt. for prices, also our windows, Dominion ,Stores, Ltd, Tonight is Hallowe'en when mis- chievous young boys and girls take -delight in pranks that are sometimes a little too practical, So if the ,10-. year-old decked out in false face and humorous drese trying to imitate the 'witches of, old, comes knocking at your door, a tic -tack at the window,: just don't do it, but remember you were ayaengsteryourself-even if long ago. Of course, no one expects wanton damage done, but if the young ones want an hour .of 'snake-. believe escapades, there should be • lone to say nay. INTERNATIONAL PEACE FLOWER GARDEN PROPOSED FOR CANADA AND THE STATES Mr. H. 5. Moore, of Toronto, pre- sented a novel idea before a ,snnall number of horticultural enthusiasts in Wingharn Town Hall on Thursday night At a recent convention of the Federated Gardens Associations .a move was set in operation to estab- lish a 490 -acre flower garden on the border line between Canada and the United States, to commemorate the hundred years of internationalP eace between these countries, and as a pledge ofits continuance. This am- bitious project has the heartysup- port P su p - port. of the leading men in both lands, and the organization now being per- fected, lends considerable hope, for ultimate success. It is proposed that the two. governments will provide the, site, the work of establishing and maintaining being taken care of by a trust fund, and contributions byflor- ists and nursery men in this and the old land. The spot would be a -sort fo a neutral zone, where people of both countries could meet on a com- mon level, and with a common ideal -to see peace typified by flowers. Horticultural Societies are givingit support, while the aid of public schools is being sought. Before explaining this project at some length Mr, Moore gave a sug- gestive talk on care of harvesting and storing bulbs, emphasizing necessity of proper temperature, and inertias- ing watchfulness for appearance.' of disease among the bulbs. Then he showed several colored views of gar- den scenes, and individual flowers, from roses, peonies, hollyhocks to larkspur. The latter flower has been cultivated and developed of late that blooms of 8 inches in diameter at the base and from 18 inches to 24 inches in heighth are possible, and in a var- iety of colors, apart from the regu- lation blue. egulation,blue. He also showed some wonderful rpse trees, ramblers and others grafted on a standard, These stand possibly she or eight feet in height and were a mass of blooms. Of course they 'require e r a great care e and.. protection during the winter. At the close of the talk, Mr. Moore received the thanks of a small but appreciative audience. OBITUARY Thomas Walter Thomas Walter,' a highly respected citizen of this town, died on Saturday. afternoon following a lingering ill- ness, in his 79th year, He was born in Devonshire, England, coming to Canada with his parents when a child. The family first settled at Port Hope, later going to Goderich and subse- quently to East Wawanosh. Mr. Wal- ters spent some years in Michigan as superintendent for a salt firm. Sev- en years ago he returned to Wingham where he resided withhis sister, Mrs. John Ansley, who is his only surviv- or: . Mrs. Walter died several years ago. He was a member of the Mas- onic Order, a Conservative in poli- tics, and • had belonged to the Metho- dist church. .,The funeral was held by; Rev. S. Davison of the United church, The pallbearers were Messrs. Mundy, F. McLean, T. Fields, Benson Cruik- shank, 3. Currie, George Boldon. THEIR SILVER WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. John MacLean cele brated their silver wedding a week ago, with a happy family reunion. Ail the family were home forthe oc- casion, except Frank, who found it impossible to get away. Among those who were present from a dis- tance to join in the happy event with the boys and girls in town were: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. MacLean and son of Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bayliff and two children of London; Miss Agnes MacLean of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Holmes and four children of Goderich. THE 'ELECTIONS The result of yesterday's Provinc- ial general election does not promise any radical change. Premier Fergu son has a strong hold on the people, has made ample promises to the peo- ple, while his administration has been comparatively free from financial scandals. This campaign has been fought out on one issue -the Liquor Control Act. No .matter what the verdict of the people may be, one thing is assured, that this Act is due for a radical change during the next session of the Legislature. Justifi- able criticism may be offered in some respects. A supposedly restriction law loses a lot of its effect when it permits a daily purchase of a dozen quarts of hard liquor, in addition to ten dozen pints of beer. This might well be reduced to half or more at once, without causing any hardship, with similar action in the future as circumstances demand. Quietness and indifference were the principal features of the cam- paign. The electors seemed to take no old-time interest in the fight, In Wingham the temperance forces call- ed for a meeting in the Town Hall. and possibly one hundred attended. Last week a Conservative rally, ad- dressed by a Cabinet minister and others, only about two-thirds filled the hall. The sante thing happened in Toronto, where bare gallery and empty seats in the auditorium greet- ed many of the Cabinet. Apathy in public matters is not a good thing: it tends to encourage carelessness on. part of administrators. Monday, November llth, has been officially declared Thanksgiving Day, COLD RAIN FAILS TO SPOIL THE SUCCESS OF HURON PLOWING MATCH Despite the most unfavorable kind of weather, a rain whipped along by a smart breeze, a record crowd at- tended the anatial plowing match of Huron Plowman's Association on Wednesday last, when perhaps 500 or more braved the elements. This ev- ent is attracting more attention year by year, particularly bythe younger men, and this year, owing to the fav- orable location promised a crowd of 1000 or more had the weather pian been considerate, But, if the rain proved disagreeable to the spectat- ors, it was along wanted need for the land, which had baked hard from the prolonged drouth, so it was a sort of blessing, William Speir, President, and L. E. Cardiff, Secretary, of the Association, felt much elated at the success of the affair, on which they had devoted un- tiring efforts. The contests were held on the farms of W. J. Henderson, Gordon Hastie and William Field, on the 13luevale Road, southeast of Wing - ham. • The results were asfollo s follows:- Class 1, high cut in sod- Bert Heminingway, Brussels; William Col- lins, Mitchell.Best crown and beat finish Bert I'lexnmingway, Class 2, wooden -handled plows in sod -Percy Passmore, .Exeter; Mc- Kenzie .or ebb, St. Helens; William Denis, Walton; Alvin Thacker, For- mosa. Best crown, William Dennis. Best finish, Percy Passmore. Class 3, general purpose plows in sod -M. J. Lenton, Mitchell; Elmer Dennis, Walton; Wilfred Knight, Cranbrook. Best finish, W. J. Len- ton. Class 4, boys under 19, in sod -. Austin Mairn, 'Munro; 3. Willets, Wingham; Walter Woods, Winghani!;. Thomas. R. Henderson, Wingham, Best crown and finish, Austin Mahn Class 5, boys under 16, stubble -George Henderson, Wingharn, Class 6, single furrow riding plow --Ross Cardiff, Brussels; Clifford Meehan, Monkton; AIbert• Lydiatt, Walton. Best crown and finish, Ross Cardiff, Class 7, tractors in stubble --Gor- don McGavin,• Walton; Gordon Mc- Donald, Exeter; Gordon. Godkin, Zet- land; T, P. O'Malley, Teeswater. Best crown and finish, Gordon Mc - Gavin. Class 8three-furrow tractor ---Er- nest Cardiff, Brussels; Sylvester Fox, Brussels, Best crown, Ernest Car- diff. Best finish,' S. Fox. Plowman coming greatest distance Austin lIkairn, Munro. Youngest Plowman -,George Hen- derson, Winghaim Oldest Plowman joint Fowler, Wingham, ENRAGED BULL CAUSE OF FIRE - Mark Garniss of concession 3, Mor- ris Township, lost his fine barn and all his season's crops by fire Sunday night when a bull Stroke loose while he was doing the chores, attacked him and upset a lag -item" . After sup- per Garniss went out to finish PS up hisworkand while he was busy with it the bull became enraged, and break- ing out : of ,his stall made a rush at him. Mr. Garniss was ktiock•ed down and had his leg badly dislocated, but manager however, to summon help and all the stock, including the bull, were taken out safely. The fire made such rapid progress that nothing could be done to save the building" The loss is placed at $5,000, partly covered by insurance. Display of Fur Coats You are invited to Isard's Store, Monday and Tuesday, November 4th and 5th, where all kinds of the most reliable Fur Coats will be shown by James Coristine & Co., Montreal. Buy now at a Big Saving. Tim Thinks Election Day Quiet To the Editur av all Shim Wingham Paypers. Deer Sur:- 'Tis too late intoirely to say anny- ting more to the Tory byes wid re- gard to the elickshun, fer, befoor this wake's payper gits into the hands av the subshcroibers, the votin will be about all over, an, in shpoite av all the hollerin av' thim Grits an 1J, F.O.'s, the Prawvince will be safe fer another tirm undher the Fergu- son Governmint. Shure, 'tis harrud to undhershtand some payple, so it is. Wid a Govern - mint ''doin. iviryting fer them-rnakin insulin, an anti toxine, an whiskey aisy to git fer ivirybody, what more shod they ixpickt? 'Tisa hoigh shtate av civiloizashun we do be livin in at the prisint toime, whin we hev gas tanks at iviry shtrate earner, an good roads ivirywheer, an fellates makin lashins av money raid in over thim wid shcrapers, an tilly- fones an rooral mail at iviry farrnm- ers dure, an radio masheens galore, an whiskey permits an hoinebrew loisences fer the askin, an ould age pinshuns fer the fellates who hev shpint'all theer money, Shure, 'tis the iligant counthry intairely we hev, an whin we defate thine Grits at Ot- tawa at the nixt elickshun it will be betther shtill. Me ould frind, Sandy Banks, does be gittin too clever be rayson av raidin the Grangers' Gr•oindshtone, an Farrurners' Foile; fer, Shure, he does be foindin shtale jokes in thim all the toime, an shpringin thim on me whinivir he gets a chance, so that I hev thrubble kapin aven wid him. I got him to come into town lasht Froiday noight to attind the Tory niaytin wid me, fer 3 tought it wud do him no harrum. Afther it wus over I asked him what he tought av the shpaikers, an he said, some av them didn't put enough av foire in theer shpaiches, an the others didn't put enough av theeir spaiches in the foire. Tink av that now! Faith, that chistnut is as Dull as Ring Arthur's round table, whin the-sixty.knaights, who used to sit arround it aitin an dhrinkin, found tings purty slilow whin theer wus no foightin to be done, an shtarted a debatin club, The king wus president av the club, the same as I used to be prisidint av the bafe ring whin 3 wus out on the ottld homestead, an wan toime whin thein ould Saxon knoights had been dhrink- in too much mead, arr too little, 1 jist,fergit which, an the spaiches wus wurse than usual, the kitig shprung that wan on thin!, an nearly losht' his crown be rayson av tltroyin to be too shmart wid third. 'ould Tories, fer as me, dawter-in-law used to rade to me out av wan av her lesson books, whin she wus a school taicher--"The stren- gth av kings is in the min that gath- er round the trone," As I tould Sandy 13 asks, mebby the joke wtis so shtale aven at that toime, that it wus no wondher thirn ould knoights shtarted a revolt, an the king had to apologize befo-,r tl y wud foight fer hint anny more 3tottrs fer a bigger an betther Canada, Timothy Hay.' CANADA'S: NATIONAL ART GALLERY IS THE SUBJECT OF CHARMMMING ADDRESS Mrs. Eric Brown, wife of the Mart- ager of Canada's National Art Gal- lery, Ottawa, gave a most delightful and instructive illustrated talk on the: institution, to the Wingham Canad- ian Club on Monday evening. Mrs. Brown has a rare charm of personal- ity anda delightful method of ex- pression, two qualities that gave an additional delight to the evening. She first tracedthe founding of the Gal- lery, which officially became known. about 1880, housing a few pictures in a room in the Fisheries Building. About 30 years, later the authorities were impressed with the necessity of providing adequate • accommodation, that the work ` of Canadian artists,. might have a proper place in our na- tional life, andiwhere paintings of not- ed artists in other lands could be seen by Canadian citizens. Since then a very select and' valuable selection has been gathered, and it has proved a good business proposition, for many of the foreign works of art have many times increased in value:. History repeatedly shows that artists' works are not appreciated; until years after the work appears, or until the artists' names are but a memory, so the gal- lery endeavors to get the best of cur- rent art, giving it recognition at the earliest possible time. Views were shown of. several pic- tures, first dealing with the. earliest Italian paintings at one hundred years intervals. Then a similar lot frpm Northern Europe; some, from Eng- lands, and then a number of pictures by Canadian artists. Early Italian pictureswere prone to be severely plain,which in time gave way to greater ornamentation. Some of the pictures • from Northern Europe were distinguished by the wonderful ex- pression of the portraits, which ex- hibited. the same transtiion from a plain background to one filled with many, decorations. Canadian pictures for, the most part were landscape. scenes, featuring many of the beauty spots in this land, of quiet life in a Quebec hamlet, a water scene with grey rugged rocks in the perspection, and -several portraits by well-known artists. • Canada's National Art Gallery de- sires to serve all the people, so they have several pictures which are loan- ed to responsible organizations in different cities for a year,that: the people may see these works. Then school children are being instructed by providing them with post card re- productions in color 'of°the works in the gallery. At the close Mrs. Brown received the thanks of the meeting for her in- teresting talk. Another Disastrous Fire In: Durham. Durham suffered a possible $200,- 000 200;000 fire on. Thursrday night when the McIntyre Block,, the biggest one in town, was laid in ruins. Property loss is around. $75,000, while damage by water to goods is likely complete on grocery and dry goods stocks, and office of Bell Telephone. The fire broke at midnight in the feed and grocery store of W. V. Bol lett, in the McIntyre block, one of the town's principal structures. It spread to the Bank of Commerce and Bell Telephone offices in the same building, to the Miss Truax millin- ery store, then around the corner to the main street, destroying the gen- eral stores of Alex. Aljous and Rob- ert Burnett, the men's and ladies weal store of George Fines, J. H. Hard- ing's hardware store, the Imperial Daughters of the Empire rooms and the Masonic Hall.. Firemen from Owen Sound, Harris - ton, Palmerston, Mount Foust and Hanover gave valuable assistance. This is the third big fire in Durham within a few years, with a total loss of over half a million" Bruce Vodden, drummer in the Blue Water Boys Orchestra that played in the Arena here daring the summer, was instantly killed on Fri- day morning in a motor smash near Eastwood. He and another chap were in a motor driven by Victor Wong, son of a London Cafe prop- rietor, when the machine crashed in- to a truck. Both were killed instant- ly and Wong received numerous gashes as they catapulted through the wind -shield. Whiskey figured in the smash, and Wong will answer to two charges. MARRIED SIXTY YEA1S Mr. and Mrs. John Grey, pioneer residents of Winghani, on Sunday celebrated tlic sixtieth anniversary of their wedding, an event that comes to but few. On the 27th of October, 1869, John. Grey and Ettphencia Coop- er, both of Wingham, went to Bkte- vale where Rev. James Hastie per- formed the marriage ceremony that made the both as one, and forming a union that proved most happy. Both Mr, and Mrs. Grey are very active in every way, and many friends hope they will enjoy many mare ceI- ebrations of this day. Owing to the serious illness of their grandson, Earl from pneumonia, no elaborate ar- rangements were made, just a happy fancily reunion. Among those pres- ent were: -Mr, and Mrs, L• obis Loose of Toronto; Mrs. Jesse E. Warram, of 'Toronto; Mr, and Mrs. . Retry Dean and family of Detroit, and their son-in-law, Mr. Harry Hart, and dau- ghter, Mrs, Donald Dean,,,The fam- ily .brought greetings to',, lite vener- able pair an this . uftique occasion, and enjoyed the companionship of each other in the old horse.. C. A. Robertson, M. L. A. Member -Elect. for North Huron by About 1,500 Majority. Incomplete returns indicate the return of C. A. Robertson, Liberal, for North Huron, by a majority of around 1,500. Dr. Whitely received majority of 608 in Goderich, and. 26 in Wingham. Robertson's majorities were: Ash- field 156, West Wawanosh 109, Grey 509, Brussels 104, Blyth 26, East Wa- wanosh 129, Howiek 401, Colborne 54, Turnberry 248. The result throughout the province shows little change, the Fergueon ad- ministration being returned. Alex. P. McWhinney, Liberal can- didate in North Bruce, died on Tues- day evening. A new nomination will be held on November 9th, with poll- ing on the 20th, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Anniversary Anniversary services in St. And- rew's Presbyterian Church, will be held on Sunday, November 3rd, to be conducted by Rev. William Barclay, D.D•, of Central 'Church, Hamilton. The services were first arranged for the 20th October, but were with- drawn on short notice, UNITED CHURCHW.1VI.S. The Annual Thank -offering meet- ing of the W.M.S. will be held in the Sunday School Room of the Uni- ted Church Tuesday, November lith, at 3. o'clock. A good program of music, etc., has been prepared and. there will be a special address by Mrs.' (Rev.) Lundy of Sheppardton A good attendanee of the ladies of the church will be much appreciated, Conte and enjoy a social cup oftea with Sts,' The engagement is announced of 'Vera Gwendolyne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George 4. Edgar, Wing- ham, to Mr. ` John David Murdock, eldest son of Mrs. James Dick, and the late D. Murdock of Elgin, Scot- land, The marriage will take place quietly in Toronto on November 11, WEDDINGS Loughlean-Orvis A quiet wedding took place on Mon- day morning at thearsona e of the P g United Church; Wingham, when Jean Doti, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Orvis, of Winghani, became the bride of Victor Loughlean, son of Mr, and Mrs. John Loughlean, of Wiarton. Rev Sydney Davison, pas- tor, performed the ceremony.. After a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, the happy couple left on a motor trip. On their return they will reside in Wingharn. • A happy coincidence of thecc i n o as o was the fact that it was the forty-fifth anniversary of the mar- riage of the bride's grand -parents, Mr. and Mrs. E, W, Orvis; who were in attendance. ST. ANDREW'S W.M.S. THANK -OFFERING The Thank -offering of the W.M.S. of St. Andrew's Church was held on October 15th with 80 ladies Present. Belgrave Auxiliary gave the open- ing exercises. The Scripture reading was taken by Mrs. Taylor and pray- er by Mrs. Porterfield. Miss G. Mc- Donald rendered a solo "We will send it out", very acceptably, Thanksgiving prayers by Mrs, Ter - vitt, Mrs. Williamson, and Misses Anderson and Lewis. The speaker for the day was Dr. O'Hara, a returned Medical Mission- ary from India, who spent, 36 years in the foreign field. She dealt with. the different phases of the mission work and gave an interesting account of the customs and habits of, the na- tives. She spoke of a class of young girls now grown to womanhood who have become missionaries in their own country. Her' work was among the lepers. She stressed the great need of more missionaries, as there are now only one to every 12,000 per- sons. The eagerness with which they receive the word is most en- couraging to the teachers. Surely such addresses will give a new im- pulse to Missionary work in this com- munity. Mrs. Lloyd, in a few well- chosen words, thanked Dr. O'Hara for her inspiring address. The offering was then received,. which was a generous one. TRUSTEES AND RATEPAYERS, ATTENTION! The annual convention of the Hu- ron County Educational Association of Trustees and Ratepayers, will be held in the Town Hall, Wingham, on Saturday, November 2nd, commenc- ing at 1 p.m. sharp. Addresses on live subjects of interest to all educa- tionists will be given by, Rev. H. W. Snell of Brantford, and Mr. W. M. Morris., of Toronto, president and sec'y-treasurer, respectively, of the Trustees' and Ratepayers' section of the Ontario Educational. Association, also by our members of parliament, school inspectors, teachers and oth- ers. Make your requirements along educational lines known to Chas. A, Robertson, Goderich, convenor of the resolution committee, prior to the convention. Kindly invite your tea- chers and have this announcement read in school. A special invitation is extended to ladies. WM. ARCHIBALD, Pres, Huron Co. Educational Ass'n. MRS. R. DAVIDSON, Sec'y-Treas. Huron Co. Educational Ass'n. WINGHAM Rev. E. R, Armstrong, List- owel, will preach at both morn- ing and evening services. Young People's Society OST Monday at 8 p.tn, Prayer Service ce on W'ed'nes- day at 8 pan.